Damning report on town hall's adult social care

BUT COUNCIL BOSSES CLAIM 'PLANS ARE IN PLACE' TO IMPROVE SERVICES

- By ABIGAIL MARLOW

KIRKLEES Council's adult social care services require improvement, an inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found.

The CQC considered how the council meets its responsibilities for adult social care across four key themes: working with people; providing support; ensuring safety and leadership.

Within these headings, the majority of aspects, including: assessing needs; supporting people and governance and management and sustainability were said to “require improvement”. But some were given a “good” rating, including: partnerships and communities; safeguarding and learning, improvement and innovation.

Across the entire service, a ranking of “requires improvement” was given, with the findings published in a report on Friday.

Overall, the council received a score of 59 out of 100, with the benchmark for a “good” rating being 62.